2024 Barracuda Championship odds, picks, field: Surprising predictions from golf model that’s called 13 majors

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Most of the golf world is focused on Scotland this week, but golf fans still have plenty of reasons to be excited about the 2024 Barracuda Championship as well.

It is the lone PGA Tour event of the season that uses the modified stableford scoring system, where eagles and birdies are heavily rewarded compared to pars and bogeys. The scenic Tahoe Mountain Club in California will host the tournament, which serves as a valuable opportunity for the 2024 Barracuda Championship field. Keith Mitchell is the 20-1 favorite in the 2024 Barracuda Championship odds, while Michael Thorbjornsen and Erik van Rooyen are both 22-1.

There are only four golfers priced inside of 30-1 on the PGA odds board, so there are plenty of longshots available heading into Thursday’s first round. Which golfers are worth backing with your 2024 Barracuda Championship bets? Before locking in your 2024 Barracuda Championship picks, be sure to see the PGA predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June 2020. In fact, the model is up more than $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 13 majors entering the weekend, including the 2024 Masters — its third Masters in a row — and this year’s PGA Championship and U.S. Open. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now with the 2024 Barracuda Championship field locked in, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.

Top 2024 Barracuda Championship predictions
One major surprise the model is calling for at the Barracuda Championship 2024: Thorbjornsen (22-1), who has the second-shortest odds in the field, stumbles this week and fails to record a top-three finish. Many of the top golfers in the game played in the Genesis Scottish Open last week, but Thorbjornsen was still unable to make the cut in the ISCO Championship. It was a letdown performance for the 22-year-old following his T2 finish at the John Deere Classic in his third professional start.

Thorbjornsen finished first in this year’s PGA Tour University Ranking to earn automatic Tour membership for the rest of this season and the entire 2025 campaign. He has two top-five finishes in 11 PGA Tour starts, but he has missed the cut in five of his last seven events. Thorbjornsen is also playing three weeks in a row for the first time in his professional career, so this is not a good spot to back the Stanford alum. See the model’s full leaderboard here.

How to make 2024 Barracuda Championship picks
The model is also targeting four golfers with odds of 60-1 or longer who will make a strong run at the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model’s picks here.

Who will win the 2024 Barracuda Championship, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the Barracuda Championship 2024 odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected Barracuda Championship leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed 13 golf majors, including the last three Masters and all three majors this year.

2024 Barracuda Championship odds, top contenders
Get full 2024 Barracuda Championship picks, best bets and predictions here.

Keith Mitchell 20-1

Michael Thorbjornsen 22-1

Erik van Rooyen 22-1

Sam Stevens 24-1

Taylor Pendrith 25-1

Patrick Rodgers 30-1

Kevin Yu 33-1

Mark Hubbard 33-1

Beau Hossler 33-1

Adam Svensson 33-1

Nick Dunlap 40-1

Chan Kim 40-1

Mac Meissner 40-1

Neal Shipley 40-1

J.J. Spaun 45-1

Andrew Putnam 45-1

Michael Kim 45-1

Harry Hall 45-1

Ben Silverman 45-1

Rico Hoey 45-1

Joel Dahmen 50-1

Jake Knapp 50-1

Max Greyserman 50-1

Johannes Veerman 50-1

S.H. Kim 55-1

Chesson Hadley 55-1

Hayden Springer 55-1

Pierceson Coody 55-1

Daniel Berger 60-1

Kyoung-Hoon Lee 60-1

Dylan Wu 60-1

Patrick Fishburn 60-1

Matti Schmid 66-1

Carson Young 66-1

Sam Ryder 66-1

Jacob Bridgeman 70-1

Alex Smalley 70-1

Greyson Sigg 70-1

Alex Fitzpatrick 70-1

Matt NeSmith 70-1

Sam Bairstow 70-1

Patton Kizzire 75-1

Troy Merritt 75-1

Ryan Moore 75-1

Zac Blair 75-1

Nate Lashley 80-1

Luke List 80-1

Hayden Buckley 80-1

Charley Hoffman 90-1

Joseph Bramlett 90-1

Alejandro Tosti 90-1

Nick Hardy 90-1

Jimmy Stanger 90-1

Tyler Duncan 100-1

Garrick Higgo 100-1

Vince Whaley 100-1

Martin Laird 100-1

Kevin Tway 100-1

Robby Shelton 100-1

Cameron Champ 100-1

Scott Jamieson 100-1

Lanto Griffin 100-1

Henrik Norlander 100-1

Mats Ege 100-1

Chad Ramey 110-1

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What Does GTO Stand For On The Pontiac Muscle Car?
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It is virtually impossible to talk about the American muscle car movement of the 1960s and 1970s without talking about Pontiac and its celebrated GTO build. After all, the almost maniacally souped-up Pontiacs that first wore the GTO moniker are regarded by many as the car that kickstarted all the muscle car madness. As such, they are regularly ranked among the most powerful and revered vehicles to have emerged from the era, and yes, they were pretty easy on the eyes too.

Given their credentials, it’s little surprise that Pontiac GTOs now rank among the most sought-after and expensive Pontiac muscle cars on the vintage automobile market. But even as popular as the cars have become since the GTO first appeared in 1964, there’s one thing that even the biggest fans of the iconic Pontiac build may not know, which is what the three little letters in its name actually stand for.
Letter designations are not uncommon in the automobile arena, and even those who don’t delight in American muscle cars might be quick to tell you that GT typically stands for Grand Touring or Grand Turismo. The latter Italian interpretation is indeed accurate for Pontiac’s GTO. As for the “O,” like Turismo, it is Italian in origin, standing for Omolgato. If you’re wondering why one of America’s best-loved muscle car bears a name sprung from the Italian language, it’s because Pontiac’s GTO may well have taken inspiration from a legendary Italian race car.

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Ferrari Was The First Manufacturer To Use The GTO Designation
If you’re familiar with Italian racing outfits from the 1960s, it probably wasn’t hard to guess that the vehicle Pontiac borrowed the GTO designation from was indeed Ferrari’s 250 GTO racer. Enzo Ferrari is widely credited for conjuring the GTO name in the early ’60s, when he and his design team sought to apply it to a line of street-ready vehicles that were also approved for use in certain racing events, hence the inclusion of the word “omolgato,” which translates to “approved” in English.

Of course, in English, the word “homologated” should also stand in for omolgato, as it’s the term most frequently used for road-ready racers in the North American market. As for Ferrari’s 250 GTO, once they started burning up the roadways and raceways of Europe, they instantly became some of the most sought-after vehicles in existence. However, Ferrari had no intention of mass-producing the vehicles. In fact, the company only manufactured 36 cars in the 250 GTO family between 1962 and 1964, and those units were selling for about $18,500 in the ’60s (roughly $189,000 today).

Given their cost and scarcity, few U.S. drivers could actually get their hands on a 250 GTO. Recognizing that market potential, Pontiac set about designing and delivering their own GTO build, which hit the scene bearing a far more buyer-friendly price tag that ranged between $2,500 and $2,800 depending on the trim package. While Pontiac GTOs are likely to cost a pretty penny on resale these days, the super-rare Ferrari 250 GTOs are even more sought after, and have been known to fetch close to $50 million at auction.

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